What is God like ?
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In my personal opinion i think to best understand "who" God is and "what He is like" is to study the attributes of God. When we look at things like omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, Sovereignty, love, ect. we can come to a better understanding of God.
But i believe you are correct in that many Christians, and Catholics for that matter do not know "what God is like". Because we really never study "who" He is we dont know what He is like. We seem to be so worried about ourselves that we never study who God is. To grow closer to God we have to "know" God in both knowledge and a personal relationship.
But i believe you are correct in that many Christians, and Catholics for that matter do not know "what God is like". Because we really never study "who" He is we dont know what He is like. We seem to be so worried about ourselves that we never study who God is. To grow closer to God we have to "know" God in both knowledge and a personal relationship.
Sorry wincam but the Catholics have a totally false concept of God. Their concept of God is not even close to what the Scriptures teach.
How can you Catholics say you have God when you Worship Mary AS your God? You cannot.
No Catholics who Prays to Mary is a True Child of God. They are children of Satan.
Therefore since Catholics have Mary as their God they do not and cannot understand God or His Scriptures.
How can you say "in accordance with scriptures" when you teach Mary is a God? Do you not know wincam that what you pray to is your God? Praying the Rosary to Mary makes Mary your God which makes the Catholic Church a Pagan Church.
How can you Catholics say you have God when you Worship Mary AS your God? You cannot.
No Catholics who Prays to Mary is a True Child of God. They are children of Satan.
Therefore since Catholics have Mary as their God they do not and cannot understand God or His Scriptures.
How can you say "in accordance with scriptures" when you teach Mary is a God? Do you not know wincam that what you pray to is your God? Praying the Rosary to Mary makes Mary your God which makes the Catholic Church a Pagan Church.
The Bible says that Christ is the head of the Church,not the Pope,is that what God is like.
Jesus said call no man on earth father,in a spiritual sense,but only your heavenly Father,and a man called Jesus good,and He said,why call Me good,there is only one good,and that is God,but they call the Pope,Holy Father,is that what God is like.
God said make no graven image of anything,and bow down to it,but they make a statue of Mary,and how,and even if they do not bow,do not make a graven image,and reverence it,is that what God is like.
Jesus gave two accounts not to exalt Mary,and said,whoever does the will of the Father,the same is His mother,brethren,and sisters,and whoever hears the word of God,and does it,is as blessed as Mary,but they call her the Mother of God,Queen of heaven,is that what God is like.
All things are done by the Spirit,that is our source of power,and benefit,and then all the things they do,to use physical objects,thinking there is a benefit there,and all the things they do that is not even in the Bible that we have to do them,when love is the fulfilling of the law,is that what God is like.
I do not want to be harsh,but there is too many errors in the Catholic Church,and extra curricular activity,that has nothing to do with the Bible,and offends God,and His glory,which He does not give His glory to another.
Jesus said call no man on earth father,in a spiritual sense,but only your heavenly Father,and a man called Jesus good,and He said,why call Me good,there is only one good,and that is God,but they call the Pope,Holy Father,is that what God is like.
God said make no graven image of anything,and bow down to it,but they make a statue of Mary,and how,and even if they do not bow,do not make a graven image,and reverence it,is that what God is like.
Jesus gave two accounts not to exalt Mary,and said,whoever does the will of the Father,the same is His mother,brethren,and sisters,and whoever hears the word of God,and does it,is as blessed as Mary,but they call her the Mother of God,Queen of heaven,is that what God is like.
All things are done by the Spirit,that is our source of power,and benefit,and then all the things they do,to use physical objects,thinking there is a benefit there,and all the things they do that is not even in the Bible that we have to do them,when love is the fulfilling of the law,is that what God is like.
I do not want to be harsh,but there is too many errors in the Catholic Church,and extra curricular activity,that has nothing to do with the Bible,and offends God,and His glory,which He does not give His glory to another.
We must be carefull here not to "lump" every Christian and every Catholic into the same mold. I know some devout Catholics who are true Christians and i know some "Christians" who are not Christian at all. My buddy who is a "Catholic/Christian" likes the Catholic church because he likes the structure of the service. Now he wont pray the rosary or anything like that but he prefers going to a Catholic service rather than a "Christian" service. We are all ready to jump on something we disagree with all tooth and nail yet are unwilling to look at ourselves. Not all "Catholics" are Catholic and not all "Christians" are Christisn. We are also told in Scripture that we are to "preach" the Word of God in love and humility. With constant harshness against someone else and their beliefs they will never listen to truth because all they see is anger and hatred. Would you listen to someone who only spoke to you that way? No, i doubt it. If God is love then why do we speak in an unloving way? Yes your frustrated, so pray to God for a calm heart so you can teach the truth in a loving non confrontational way. Is Christianity a belief that can be "forced" upon someone or is Christianity a faith that is brought about by the touching of the heart by the Holy Spirit?
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you have made a great point here bro but i think the best way to know and undesrtand Who God is, is to know and comprehen God in the flesh(God the son) bc He is the express image of God the Father. if we try to know God through his attributes , we will never know him as He really is: by the way why would i want to struggle to know God through his attributes when he has entered into Humanity to reveal Himself as He really is?
and secondly, we do not get closer to God, we are in God; we are in Christ! we are located in the Godhead by virtue of our union with Christ the Son who is the Goodman; he is God and at the same time man; God and humanity meeting face to face in the man Christ Jesus( " for God was in Christ Jesus reconciling the world unto Himself not imputing their trespasses unto them......2 Cor 5:19" God the Father has been fully revealed in the Son, like wise humanity has also been fully recapitulated in the Son! blessed
Well when you study the attributes of God you are looking at God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The attributes extend to the trinity in whole not just God the Father. Yes we are "in Christ" but we do not in any way "become" part of the godhead. To say that we become part of the godhead would be to say we ourselves become a god. We are a creation so in no way can we become part of the godhead. God created us in His image in that He shares certain attributes with us like love. But there are quite a few attributes which God does not share with us like omnipotence. To study the attributes is to better know God, how He relates to us, how we relate to Him and why He deserves our worship. We "know" Christ through our faith in Him and our knowledge of Him can better help us "know" Him in that personal relationship we have with Him. It is possible to have great knowledge of God and not "know" Him at all.
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I don't think she is saying what you fear. We are in God relationally, not essentially. It is into that relationship between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit that we are being invited to join relationally. Studying Gods attributes is indeed valuable. We can learn much about Him. But to actually know Him and what He is like practically we look to Jesus. Because in Jesus God is perfectly revealed to us as He is.
I always have trouble with this idea that Catholics believe this, or Methodists believe that, or this is what Baptists believe, etc. We are all individuals and believe what we choose to believe, not what someone tells us to believe (hopefully).
But I’ll tell you this: No one loves us more than the Lord.
I’ve got a lot of respect for the Catholic Church. They maintain discipline, while a lot of churches have gone the route of pandering.
But I’ll tell you this: No one loves us more than the Lord.
I’ve got a lot of respect for the Catholic Church. They maintain discipline, while a lot of churches have gone the route of pandering.
H
Well when you study the attributes of God you are looking at God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The attributes extend to the trinity in whole not just God the Father. Yes we are "in Christ" but we do not in any way "become" part of the godhead. To say that we become part of the godhead would be to say we ourselves become a god. We are a creation so in no way can we become part of the godhead. God created us in His image in that He shares certain attributes with us like love. But there are quite a few attributes which God does not share with us like omnipotence. To study the attributes is to better know God, how He relates to us, how we relate to Him and why He deserves our worship. We "know" Christ through our faith in Him and our knowledge of Him can better help us "know" Him in that personal relationship we have with Him. It is possible to have great knowledge of God and not "know" Him at all.
my dear bro, when the word of God says that we are born of God; what does that mean to you? we are born of the same nature as God; we are WHAT God is and not WHO god IS. take for instance, your son is what you are and not who you are! He has everything that makes you what you are but he is not who you are. this union with the Godhead i am talking about is a union without mixture; a union without confusion. That is, we are made what God is without loosing our humanity, just like God became man without loosing his divinity. God became man yet remaining God! in like manner, we have been made what God is while remaining humans. by the way if the OT saints without the work of the cross could be addressed by God as gods, how much more those that have been born again with the nature of God? God is not intimitdated sharing himself with his creation. That is the mystery of the ages; Christ in you(God in man and man in God), the hope of glory
my dear bro, when the word of God says that we are born of God; what does that mean to you? we are born of the same nature as God; we are WHAT God is and not WHO god IS. take for instance, your son is what you are and not who you are! He has everything that makes you what you are but he is not who you are. this union with the Godhead i am talking about is a union without mixture; a union without confusion. That is, we are made what God is without loosing our humanity, just like God became man without loosing his divinity. God became man yet remaining God! in like manner, we have been made what God is while remaining humans. by the way if the OT saints without the work of the cross could be addressed by God as gods, how much more those that have been born again with the nature of God? God is not intimitdated sharing himself with his creation. That is the mystery of the ages; Christ in you(God in man and man in God), the hope of glory
